How did Ron Franz enter Chris McCandless's story?

How did Ron Franz enter Chris McCandless's story?

• A. He entered the story by writing Krakauer about how Chris died and his story
• B. He adopted him and took him to his camp
• C. He stopped to give Chris a ride
• D. He was a neighbor who had seen him

Answer: (C)

The key idea is how a character enters a story through a defining moment of contact. Ron Franz shows up in Chris McCandless’s narrative when he stops to give Chris a ride during Chris’s hitchhiking journey. That chance act pulls Franz into Chris’s world and seeds the friendship that becomes a major thread in KrakaUar’s telling. It’s this meeting—the ride—that introduces Franz into the story, rather than him being a neighbor or being connected in some other immediate way.

The key idea is how a character enters a story through a defining moment of contact. Ron Franz shows up in Chris McCandless’s narrative when he stops to give Chris a ride during Chris’s hitchhiking journey. That chance act pulls Franz into Chris’s world and seeds the friendship that becomes a major thread in KrakaUar’s telling. It’s this meeting—the ride—that introduces Franz into the story, rather than him being a neighbor or being connected in some other immediate way.